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>> larry: david, has nasa discovered anything? >> well, the -- we could go on for hours about paranoid theories like ufos. i personally find the ufo aliens unlikely because the number of cameras is doubling every single year, and the grays that theyre talking about are such tedious boring versions of aliens. i support seth in that i have supported seti all my life. but i think its been shown recently that seti needs to change track. seti has failed to see the garish, huge garish beacons that fra...

The governments, without consulting fellow scientists at all in other disciplines. these people have taken upon themselves to act on their assumptions that aliens are universally altruistic. its not the beamed messages, but rather the arrogance of not talking to anybody else on this planet before assuming they have the right to do this. >> larry: and by the way, the images youre seeing are images and imaginations. all right, dan, how do you contrast with david brin who is saying -- what do you r...

Dad on another solar system, thats maybe not so accurate. but that film was pretty good when it came to the science. >> larry: david, do you have a favorite science fiction film? >> oh, there are so many. i -- i worry that were concentrating so hard on things that can be filmed. i mean, ive had movies, and sure, theyre entertaining, but its in the science fiction novels where you actually get serious thinking about what aliens might be like. and then the next novel says yes, but. and then the ne...

Talking to anybody else on this planet before assuming they have the right to do this. >> larry: and by the way, the images youre seeing are images and imaginations. all right, dan, how do you contrast with david brin who is saying -- what do you really know? >> well, thank you for including a hollywood constituent here. im the new fund for hollywood new fund ufo network. i have to speak for the people today and for hollywood. weve made some pretty good movies about this, et, close enkoyrnts, in...

>> it doesnt affect us at all. >> web chicago. what was that? was that a weather anomaly? something punched through the cloud. >> yes, it was a weather anomaly. >> i dont believe it was a weather anomaly. all right. i support seti. go to it i just dont think theyre calling like they took barney and betty. >> larry: david, has nasa discovered anything? >> well, the -- we could go on for hours about paranoid theories like ufos. i personally find the ufo aliens unlikely because the number of camera...

Stephen hawking said that communicating with aliens could be a threat to earth. hawking says its likely that alien life exists, and that a visit from extraterrestrials might be similar to columbus arrival in the americas. in other words, didnt turn out too well for native americans. joining us are dr. michio kaku, author of "physics of the impossible" the world of phaser, force fielded, teleportation and time travel. the senior adviser of the seti institute. david brynn, astronomer and futurist,...

Have to get used to the fact that somebody could be staring back at us. were going to have an exist centennial shock when the results of the satellite announce they have found earth-like planets in space. >> larry: seth shostak, you buy it? >> of course i buy that. but look, i think what stephen hawking is saying were going to hear from them first. thats exactly what we try and do in the seti business. we have big antennas scanning the skies looking for civilizations that would be quite far away...

>> i did. great movie. >> larry: you liked it. >> uh-huh. >> larry: as a physicist, you liked it? >> well, it opens up whole worlds. perhaps a europa-type moon circulating around jupiter could have oceans under the ice cover. >> larry: with the exception of dr. kaku, isnt this larger than -- cant imagine it. i dont know what im going to have for lunch. >> well, i hope its not unimaginable, because after all were trying to imagine it, and were not only doing that, were trying do an experiment, ri...